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21. Sylvia mlnuscula. 



Sylvia minuscula, Hume; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Bjit. Mus. v. p. 20, pi. i. (1881) ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 109 ; Scully, t. c. p. 80. 



Sylvia curruca (nee L.) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 344 (1854). 



1. ? . Gulran, Badghis. 19th March, 1885. 



2. J . Tirphul, Hari-rud. 6th April, 1885. 

 3,4. <J. „ „ 12th April, 1885. 



5. ? . Khusan, „ 26th April, 1885. 



6. ? . Tirphul, „ 



22. Sylvia mystacea. 



Sylvia mystacea, Menetr. ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 20 (1881) ; Severtz. t. c. p. 65 ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 80; Scully, t. c. p. 81. 



Sylvia rubescens, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 77, pi. xii. 

 1. S • Gulran, Badghis. 23rd March, 1885. 



The discovery of this species so far to the eastward of its previously known habitat is 

 very interesting. 



23. Sylvia nana. 



Sylvia nana (Hempr. et Ehr.) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 26 (1881) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 178. 

 Atraphornis aralensis (Eversm.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 65, 124; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 80. 



1,2. S ■ Gulran, Badghis. 12th March, 1885. 

 • 3. J. „ „ 19th March, 1885. 



4. S ■ Tirphul, Hari-rud. 11th April, 1885. 



24. Sylvia familiaris. 



Sylvia familiaris, Menetr. ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 36 (1881) ; Scully, t.c. p. 81. 

 Aedon galactodes, var. familiaris, Severtz. t. c. p. 65 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 80. 

 Aedon familiaris, Blanford, t. c. p. 210; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 107. 



1. $. Tirphul, Hari-rud. 12th April, 1885. 



2. S 



3- <? 



4. ? 



5. <? 



19th April, 1885. 

 21st April, 1885. 

 28th April, 1885. 

 Kambao, Badghis. 1st May, 1885. 



[This Warbler was very numerous in the Tarnarisk-groves by the sides of streams ; in 

 spring it was in great song, almost equalling that of the Nightingale. — J. E. T. A.] 



25. Phylloscoptts nitidus. 



Phylloscopus nitidus, Blyth ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 43 ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 109. 



[1. £ . Locality not known, the label being lost ,- but certainly procured subsequent to our reaching 

 Khusan during the summer of 1885. — J. E. T. A.] 



26. Phylloscopus tristis. 



Phylloscopus tristis, Blyth; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 63 (1881) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. 



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